Countries by Population in the Year 1981

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1981. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,487,655,000
1	China	995,501,000
2	India	695,469,000
3	United States	234,504,000
4	Indonesia	150,714,000
5	Russia	138,952,000
6	Brazil	122,632,000
7	Japan	118,740,000
8	Bangladesh	89,066,000
9	Pakistan	84,129,000
10	Germany	78,431,000
11	Nigeria	74,925,000
12	Mexico	68,121,000
13	United Kingdom	56,651,000
14	Italy	56,604,000
15	France	55,612,000
16	Vietnam	53,114,000
17	Ukraine	50,077,000
18	Philippines	48,661,000
19	Thailand	46,117,000
20	Turkey	45,878,000
21	Egypt	44,542,000
22	Iran	40,575,000
23	South Korea	38,354,000
24	Spain	37,690,000
25	Poland	35,735,000
26	Ethiopia	34,481,000
27	Myanmar	33,545,000
28	South Africa	30,017,000
29	Argentina	28,234,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27,099,000
31	Colombia	26,407,000
32	Canada	24,691,000
33	Romania	22,218,000
34	Morocco	19,843,000
35	Tanzania	19,483,000
36	Algeria	18,904,000
37	North Korea	18,364,000
38	Taiwan	18,254,000
39	Peru	17,578,000
40	Sudan	17,440,000
41	Kenya	16,307,000
42	Uzbekistan	15,825,000
43	Nepal	15,738,000
44	Venezuela	15,471,000
45	Kazakhstan	15,239,000
46	Sri Lanka	14,980,000
47	Australia	14,825,000
48	Netherlands	14,310,000
49	Iraq	13,810,000
50	Uganda	13,408,000
51	Malaysia	13,187,000
52	Afghanistan	12,765,000
53	Ghana	12,108,000
54	Chile	11,594,000
55	Mozambique	11,436,000
56	Hungary	10,689,000
57	Czech Republic	10,284,000
58	Belgium	9,844,000
59	Cuba	9,823,000
60	Portugal	9,812,000
61	Greece	9,710,000
62	Yemen	9,708,000
63	Belarus	9,640,000
64	Madagascar	9,142,000
65	Syria	9,107,000
66	Bulgaria	8,874,000
67	Cameroon	8,671,000
68	Ivory Coast	8,385,000
69	Sweden	8,318,000
70	Angola	8,282,000
71	Ecuador	8,276,000
72	Serbia	7,815,000
73	Mali	7,611,000
74	Austria	7,552,000
75	Zimbabwe	7,357,000
76	Burkina Faso	7,043,000
77	Guatemala	6,988,000
78	Tunisia	6,682,000
79	Malawi	6,388,000
80	Switzerland	6,336,000
81	Azerbaijan	6,334,000
82	Niger	6,228,000
83	Saudi Arabia	6,226,000
84	Somalia	6,056,000
85	Senegal	5,919,000
86	Zambia	5,890,000
87	Bolivia	5,823,000
88	Dominican Republic	5,799,000
89	Haiti	5,668,000
90	Rwanda	5,438,000
91	Denmark	5,217,000
92	Cambodia	5,213,000
93	Georgia	5,185,000
94	Guinea	5,093,000
95	Slovakia	4,996,000
96	Finland	4,788,000
97	Croatia	4,652,000
98	El Salvador	4,561,000
99	Burundi	4,522,000
100	Chad	4,472,000
101	South Sudan	4,393,000
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,166,000
103	Norway	4,092,000
104	Moldova	4,069,000
105	Tajikistan	4,051,000
106	Benin	3,980,000
107	Honduras	3,784,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,767,000
109	Israel	3,762,000
110	Libya	3,522,000
111	Lithuania	3,440,000
112	Ireland	3,434,000
113	Laos	3,327,000
114	Sierra Leone	3,305,000
115	Nicaragua	3,299,000
116	New Zealand	3,172,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,164,000
118	Armenia	3,121,000
119	Paraguay	3,094,000
120	Lebanon	2,977,000
121	Togo	2,964,000
122	Uruguay	2,958,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,869,000
124	Albania	2,763,000
125	Latvia	2,515,000
126	Singapore	2,473,000
127	Central African Republic	2,464,000
128	Costa Rica	2,423,000
129	Jordan	2,277,000
130	Jamaica	2,159,000
131	Panama	1,981,000
132	Liberia	1,958,000
133	North Macedonia	1,946,000
134	Slovenia	1,912,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,849,000
136	Mongolia	1,722,000
137	Kosovo	1,628,000
138	Eritrea	1,627,000
139	Kuwait	1,545,000
140	Mauritania	1,495,000
	Palestine	1,490,000
141	Estonia	1,481,000
142	Lesotho	1,427,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,129,000
144	United Arab Emirates	1,067,000
145	Oman	1,028,000
146	Namibia	988,000
147	Mauritius	962,000
148	Botswana	949,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	836,000
150	Guyana	776,000
151	Gabon	758,000
152	Gambia	726,000
153	Cyprus	686,000
154	East Timor	656,000
155	Fiji	650,000
156	Eswatini	607,000
157	Montenegro	588,000
158	Bhutan	441,000
159	Suriname	375,000
160	Bahrain	367,000
161	Luxembourg	364,000
162	Malta	344,000
163	Comoros	343,000
164	Djibouti	335,000
165	Cape Verde	325,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	295,000
167	Qatar	285,000
168	Barbados	252,000
169	Solomon Islands	242,000
170	Bahamas	235,000
171	Iceland	229,000
172	Brunei	189,000
173	Maldives	167,000
174	Samoa	165,000
175	Belize	147,000
176	Saint Lucia	120,000
177	Vanuatu	117,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	105,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	100,000
180	Tonga	98,000
181	Grenada	94,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	79,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	67,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
186	Kiribati	62,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	36,000
189	Marshall Islands	31,000
190	Monaco	27,000
191	Liechtenstein	25,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000